Metallic heel for shoes



Patented Alm-25, 1922.

IsiDoREli'AnsHATsKY, or ROVXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS;

Yi/Liifriinisrc HEEL ron srions.

To @ZZ wwmzmag/c'oncermj y a 'Be it known that I, Ismoizn BAnsrm'rsKY,

a subject of the Russian Government, andv av y resident of Roxbury, in the county of Sufvented a new and usefulA Improvement in Metallic Heels for Shoes, of which the toll lowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying sheet off. drawing, forming part thereof. Myrinvention relates to metallic heels for shoes ,and has for itsobject to' provide aholloW metallic heel y,Which is detachably se cured to a heel -pla-te With which the heel interlocks and by means of which, the heely is secured to theshoe., s

` y Another object of my invention is to proivide a ldetachable :heel for shoes which :is

secured to a plate provided 'on the shoe bottomlfor the p-urpose, saidplate and saidvheel being soidesignedas toizbenormally self locking When assembled vtogether for ret-ain# ing the heel in securedrelationship"with the shoe and :otherwise detachable fori Ipermit.-

Y `provide a hollow metall ting the ready removal or `disen(ga-gementof theheelvfrom: thefshoe.as'may'be'required-I n .l l y in F1g.j5 andlies1n aV planeaWhich'is angufor repairing orfreplacing purposes.

:iStillanoltherobject of the inventionisvto ic qheelgwith a packingfsection at the bottomthereofl wherein may vbej packedI a' suitable composition which is adapted Ato receivefandvret'ain. nails or screws holding the leather orrubber lifts ap.- plied tothe heel bottom. 'Other objects and advantages .of the invention will be gatheredfrom the descrip.- tion following herein and considered in connection With the accompanying' drawing, wherein the invention is shown embodied.

The terms employedV herein are used .in t-he generic and descriptive sense to designate the elements illustrated, and are therefore not primarily intended as terms of limitation. f iV Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 represents an elevational view of thei heel section of al shoe shown supplied vWith my type of heel; 7 v

'.Fig. 2' representsI a. longitudinal sectional view taken through the shoe and heel shown inFigl.; f j v if-Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal sectional view of they top portion of therheel' which Plte Fig. 5v represents a,

plan view 'showing the i heel assembled and set with the heel pla-te; folk and State of Massachusetts, haveain- F ig..9 represents a plan view'of the front portion of the top of the heel.

Like numerals referto like parts through- .Y

outthe severalfvieWs ofthedrawing. 1- v The numeralv '10 represents a ladys `sho v Specification otLettersPatent. Ptenfd Apr.' 25; w ,Application 'ieanugust :za-192,0.` serial No. 406,550.`

to-which is-Japplied a metallic heelfof,v my l type as .11 which is preferablycastof alumi# Vnum to 21$surea light Weight heelfor, the

shoej-t heishape `ot theheel beingf.made preferably according tothe style in vogue.

Which reaches''from the front ofthe heelv 14 clear aroundtheinside ofthe' vheel a'sshoivn larly disposed Atothe plane-lofy the topy edge of the heel, assiwwain rige, where 1min 'bei observed that'asa result of ,samer k aijvvedge heel, the

feature issupplied the top Vofthe7 Afunction of which wedvelfeature sents Ian, 'intermediate partition VWall :which .y .is provided in the hollow/'foi` the heel'v4 for .plateg-roo've 715` f 12Trepresents,theto-p oftheiheel*Whichfis'l y' scoopedv'ton lit the round, of the shoe. 13' represents the-.,angnlarlydisposed taining the packing QO in the. heel. The packing 20 may be made up of any suitable composition as papier-mache, fibre, Wood Vpulp or any other suitable material'p-refer! ably such as may be applied and, packed' in'V the heel While soft and which would hardenV thereand solidify sufiicientlyto receive and Y i retain the' nails or 'sc revvs as 22' which l' are driven therein or',assoc'1at1ng the heelwlift 23 Wit-h the heel 11. 24 represents the heelV 90 y, .Y Y.

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vided the plate 25 to suit the particular requirements,

said nails or clips bein@` positioned away :trom the edge on the plate to free the same to engage with the groove 13 of the heel 11. The plate 25 is further provided with the locking tongue 27 .which is preferably made integral with the plate as shown in the drawing and sprung theret'rom in the opposite direction to the pointing of the nails or clips (Fig. 8). it desired said tongue 127 may be made separate from the plate-proper-and vrigidly secured thereto in-.any suitable mannerto become part thereof. rllhe tonguef27 is preferably 'provided with the aperture28 therethrough` which will permit of the engagement therewith ot a hooked tool with5 which to raise and spring the tongue from the locked position with the abutting wall 24, aswill be i understood, .tor permitting the separation Y same may be employed is as follows:

of the heel'icrom .the plate. For the same 4purpose if desired the front wall of theV heel may be provided with the small opening 29through which the rodjSO, as shown in Fig. 4,.may be-finsertedand which rod may `be .used for springing Vthe locking tongue 27 back to ktree the heel so that the same may be removed and separated from the plate. Said rod opening 29` maybe plugged and covered with `any suitable material, as wax tor example, and in thatV manner maybe entirely hidden andr concealed 'from view.

lt will here be observed that the top of the heel provides a U-shaped flange which is grooved internally around same and which slidably receives the heel plate therein. The plane of said groove, as previously described, is angularly disposed in relation the groove 13 provided in theheel 11 theretor, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

Secondly, thelocking edge of the tonguey 27 of the heel plate 25 when the heel 11 is set with the plate'is positioned to engage with the abutting wall 2li of the heel 11, as shown in Fig.`2, and the width o'f the groove 13 of the heel is made equal to the thickness of the heel plate `to assure a snug lit thereto the shoe to become permanently attached thereto with the side and rear edges-of the plate freed from the shoe to receive the heel 11 thereon, as shown in Fig. 1:6. `With the plate thus secured to the' shoe a'ndwith'the tongue 2,7 normally sprung out 'asshown that byengaging` theheel y plate 25 the'heel 11 k'may be slidably yforced onto the plate Vvand under thesh'oe. ln doing so the arch section of the heel in passing the tongue will engage with the same and spring itupw'ard,` then `when the heell assumes its set position ,with the plate' 25, the tongue 27 snaps back. into `its abutting position with the heel and automatically locks Vthe samewith the plate and. against.-iulrtherV in Figs. 1, 2, and 8 it will be understood.y groove 13 with-theV fico motion in relation thereto. :Thefangulan character of the groove 18 in relation tothe top of the heel provides a taperingV wedge to the top ot the heel which functions between the edge of the plate 25-a1id the shoe necessitates forcing the heel on to the plate against the wedging feature thus established, when it will be understoodv that the top oi the heel is forced to set against the shoe bottom and wedged into position therewith. In that manner the heel 11 becomes securely and rigidly locked with the shoe and is so positioned and associated'therewith to the plane ot the top of the heel, and isfas^t/take the weight of the wearerevenly so lpositioned in the heel as to bring the entrance of the groove substantially at the top of the front wall of the heel, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby a wedge Jfeature is provided the top oi the heel, as the drawing indicates.

Having thus described the parts of\my invention in detail the manner in which the It will first be noted that the top of the heel is preferably made the 'full width of the shoe and. that the width of the heel plate 25 is made to reach within the full depth of around the top of the heel, whereby the heel becomes stabilized in relation to the shoe and prevented from giving or tipping over to the side. y

It will thus be noted that the 'typeof heel and plate herein disclosed is equally appli'- .cable to-new as well as old shoes and that the same affords an inexpensive but reliable heel arrangement more particularly for ladies shoes. The peculiar combination of the partsthereof permits of the ready application and removal of the heel toorl from the heel plate as the case may be and provides bottom to which the plate is attached', and

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f a simple and practical heel unit especially for repair and replacing purposes. lTheheel may be finished off in'anypdesirable color by the ordinary enamelling process and pro-` vides a dressy and rich appearance to the shoe with which the same is associated.

It Will further be noted ythat the heel necessarily will remain set with the plate oncev it is assembled and locked therewith and will remain so until the Vlocking tongue 27 is disengaged from the abutting wall 24 of the heel. The disengagement of thelocking tongue may be affected through the shoe by engaging the tongue and lifting the same out of engagement with the abutting wall or by inserting a rod 30 through the hole 29 and engaging the rod with the tongue and forcing the same to spring back out of engagement with the heel, when the heel may be slid ofi" fromV the'plate as suggested by the dotted position of the heel shown in Fig. l.

^ Vhile the preferred embodiments of my Y Y invention have been described in detail, it .will be understood that l do notwish to be limited to the yparticular construction set forth, since various changes in the form,V

f material,v proportions and arrangement of parts7 and in the. details of construction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the,

spirit and scope of the invention, or destroying any of the advantages contained in the same, heretofore Vdescribed and defined in the subjoined claims.. Iclaim: 'p' l. A shoe heel comprising Aa heel plate provided with a snap elementand adapted to be secured to a shoe; a shaped heel having a U-shaped channel at the top thereof angu- 1 larly inclined in relation to the plane of Vs'aid'top and adapted to slidably receive said heel plate within same and an abutting elementco-acting with said snap element of vsaid heel plate adapted to interlock with the 1 iit i therein atan angle with said top iange,kand

an abutting element adapted to engage with said locking spring' when L the heel is set with the: plate forlocking the two together.

3. `The combination of a heel-plate adapt- Ved to be secured to a shoe bottom and pro-.-

videdlwith a latch element; andi a' hollow heel member provided with a vrecess interf-v nally therein for slidablyl receiving the edge of said heel-plate to include saidv plate'within said heel member, and a latch abutting element adapted` to interlock withv the latch element of said heel-plate-said plate recess 'l being angularly disposed to the top of the )heel member to effect a wedging action with lthe latter for securely and wedgedly engag-V iilg the heel member in set relation with the s oe.

l. The vcombination of a metallic heel hav# ing a hollow top section provided with a U-shapedl flange adapted to set adjacently to the'shoe bottom,r a Ushaped groove posi, tioned within the hollow'of the heelbelow abutting shoulder Vpositioned at the inner said flange and angularly; disposed tothe y,

plane of the top thereofyand; a transverse: v

"807 front end of the hollow ofthe heel; and a f 'heel-plate shaped to slidablypfit within said groove, provided with a yieldable tongue i l member, adapted to engage with the abut-- ting shoulder provided therefor .in therheel nel beginning at the forward port'ionof the heel substantiallyat the top thereof 'and .when the plateis set in position therewithf j' K l 5. The combinationv of a hollow heel mem y, Y`

ber, provided .with a s hoe` abutting top at the upper portion thereof, a U-shaped chan# i g extendingfrearwardly around ythe inner wall. i

ofthe heel" below the-shoe yabutting top thereoffand'at an angle therewith. to .pro`

VYvidea'wedging-action'with the heel,j and any abuttingfelement :in the' front wall ofthe heel; and a heel-plate adapted to be secured heel member, provided i with a yieldable tongue adapted to spring into abuttingposif tion with t-he abuttingpmember of said heel member to retain the heel-plate in setzposi` tion with said'heel member.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiiX my signature this V25th day of August, 1920.

ISIDORE BARSHATSKY.

l.to a shoe bottom land shaped`v toy slidably`r within said U-shaped Achannel oftsaid` l* v 

